“I was sobbing hysterically the night before my performance review. I just couldn’t face my boss. The constant blame; the constant undermining. That’s when I realised I’d had enough – it was time to take a package and leave.”

These are comments from senior leaders I’ve worked with over recent months.

All of them were being bullied at work. None of them wanted to think of themselves as ‘bullied’.

And I think that the bosses whose actions they were describing would have been shocked to consider themselves as bullies.

But in talking to leaders across a whole range of organisations, I find ever more evidence of bullying behaviour at every level.

But, if you’re interested in finding out more about our research before then, please just get in touch: email me on heather.campbell@commsmasters.com – all conversations will, of course, be treated in strictest confidence.